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Former city minister Lord Myners dies 'peacefully' in hospital aged 73

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The crossbench peer died in the early hours of Sunday, according to Edelman UK, where he served as chairman. Lord Myners was born in 1948 and was brought up by his adoptive parents, a butcher and a hairdresser, in Cornwall. He also held directorships of companies including NatWest, Coutts & Co, Lloyds of London, the Bank of New York and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, as well as a membership of the Court of the Bank of England.Former prime minister Gordon Brown appointed him financial services secretary in 2008, with the task of managing the national response to the banking crisis.

 

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